Listopia: Best Dystopian Novels and Books

“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.”~Nikola Tesla

With The Handmaid’s Tale based on Margaret Atwood‘s novel of the same name hitting the screens, it is time to consider what other dystopian novels and stories one should read. I find dystopian novels and stories to be among my favorite genres of literature.

Lost places. Photo: MichaelGaida (CC0 Public Domain)

Why is dystopian literature so compelling? I am often thinking about this and honestly I do not have an answer to that. I find that life in general is pretty absurd to begin with, but dystopian and especially science fiction stories in general offer glimpses of an “otherhood”, adventures from the ordinary and the plain boredom. So, although dystopia often refers to gloomy visions of the future, they still offer alternatives and most of all, warning signs of how we can influence the present not to end up with dystopian societies.

Below is a compilation of several listopias, in the order of publishing.